林木结构—功能模型研究综述

林木结构—功能模型是指能明确表达由生理过程和环境因子调控的植物三维结构生长和变化的一类模型。它既考虑树木生长的结构发展, 又考虑树木的生理生态过程和环境之间的交互影响, 是目前植物建模领域的研究热点。文中从林木结构—功能模型构建方法入手, 以目前主要的几类结构—功能模型为例, 对组成树木结构的理想化基本单元、结构模型的建立及功能模型的同化物生产和传输分配模型进行了述评, 最后指出结构—功能模型存在的问题。     

Animal and forage responses on lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) pastures under contrasting grazing managements in a temperate climate

This study determined the impact of a change in grazing system on beef production from lucerne pastures in Argentina. One system (T500) used the traditional recommendation to commence grazing in spring when lucerne was near to 10% flowering. The grazing interval was ~ 500 growing degree-days (GDD; above a base temperature for growth of 5°C) from mid-spring to mid-autumn. In contrast, the T350 system commenced grazing 11–15 days earlier at ~ 1,000 kg DM/ha and the grazing interval was ~ 350 GDD from mid-spring to mid-summer, and from mid-summer to mid-autumn, it was ~ 500 GDD. Total live-weight production was ~ 30% or 185 and 115 kg/ha higher in T350 than T500 in Years 1 and 2 respectively. This was due to a higher live-weight production per head and a higher stocking rate, because T350 produced 1,600 kg DM ha⁻¹ year⁻¹ more forage. Plant population (~70 plants/m²) and perennial biomass (root plus crown) at the end of the second year did not differ between treatments. This suggests that lucerne persistence was not affected by the more intensive spring grazing of T350, because an adequate period of autumn recovery was allowed. This work quantified the live-weight gain (+30%, +150 kg/ha) when the grazing management of lucerne during the spring–summer period was based on crop growth status (i.e. standing biomass, canopy height) rather than on crop phenology.     

不同虹鳟品系异速生长的比较分析

研究测量了渤海虹鳟、丹麦虹鳟、美国道氏虹鳟、美国加州虹鳟和挪威虹鳟等5个虹鳟品系4年龄148个个体体重和20个形态学性状。应用静态联合异速生长模型同时估计多个体型性状对体重、纵向性状对体长、垂直性状对体高和横向性状对体宽的异速生长指数。首先建立每个虹鳟品系相对性状的最优联合静态异速生长指数方程,采用Newman-Keuls t检验法进行虹鳟品系间每个最优异速方程中异速生长指数的多重比较。结果表明,每个虹鳟品系存在显著不同的偏异速生长指数分布,其中全长与体重、体高与体重间存在较高的异速生长关系。在5个虹鳟品系中,头长、头宽、眼径、吻长、尾柄长、臀鳍高和臀鳍基长等7个形态性状相对体重的异速生长指数都不显著。背吻距与体长和尾柄高与体高在5个虹鳟品系中都存在显著的异速生长关系,但是品系间的多重比较却完全显著。本文通过对不同虹鳟品系异速生长指数的统计比较,分析它们之间的形态变异特点,为虹鳟及其他水产动物品系的形态学鉴别提供了一种有效的理论方法。     

Estimating carbon stock in secondary forests: Decisions and uncertainties associated with allometric biomass models

Secondary forests are a major terrestrial carbon sink and reliable estimates of their carbon stocks are pivotal for understanding the global carbon balance and initiatives to mitigate CO₂ emissions through forest management and reforestation. A common method to quantify carbon stocks in forests is the use of allometric regression models to convert forest inventory data to estimates of aboveground biomass (AGB). The use of allometric models implies decisions on the selection of extant models or the development of a local model, the predictor variables included in the selected model, and the number of trees and species for destructive biomass measurements. We assess uncertainties associated with these decisions using data from 94 secondary forest plots in central Panama and 244 harvested trees belonging to 26 locally abundant species. AGB estimates from species-specific models were used to assess relative errors of estimates from multispecies models. To reduce uncertainty in the estimation of plot AGB, including wood specific gravity (WSG) in the model was more important than the number of trees used for model fitting. However, decreasing the number of trees increased uncertainty of landscape-level AGB estimates substantially, while including WSG had limited effects on the accuracy of the landscape-level estimates. Predictions of stand and landscape AGB varied strongly among models, making model choice an important source of uncertainty. Local models provided more accurate AGB estimates than foreign models, but high variability in carbon stocks across the landscape implies that developing local models is only justified when landscape sampling is sufficiently intensive.     

Chrysanthemum cultivation in expanded clay. I. Effect of the nitrogen‐phosphorus‐potassium ratio in the nutrient solution

The hydroponic technique using expanded clay for the production of chrysanthemum was studied for possible use by Brazilian flower producers. Eight varying nutrient solution nitrogen (N):phosphorus (P):potassium (K) ratio treatments in a randomized block configuration with four replications were used. Six of the treatments supplied the same solution over the entire experimental period. The N:P:K ratios in the nutrient solution compared were: 1.0:0.3:1.0, 1.0:0.3:1.5, 1.0:0.3:2.0, 1.0:0.3:2.5, 1.5:0.3:1.0, and 2.0:0.3:1.0. The other two treatments consisted of N:P:K ratios of 2.0:0.3:1.0 during the juvenile stage and 1.0:0.3:1.5 or 1.0:0.3:2.0 ratios during the reproductive stage. There were two or three daily irrigations depending on plant need. The electrical conductivity (EC) and pH of the nutrient solution were checked once each day and the nutrient solution was chanced when 50% depleted. The plants were crown to the two‐stem stage under 50 long and 4.0 short days. Harvest was made 115 days after plant establishment. There were not expressive differences in plant characteristics among the treatments. The 1.0:0.3:2.5 N:P:K ratio gave the highest flower numbers per stem, stem length, and fresh and dry weights per plant.     

Effect of Nutrient Application on Growth,Metabolic and Enzymatic Activities of Rice Seedlings During Flooding Stress and Subsequent Re‐Aeration

The impact of submergence on the allometry, changes in metabolic activities and antioxidant enzymes during oxidative stress in four Indica rice varieties namely IR‐20, IR‐64 Sub1, Swarna Sub1 and Savitri Sub1 was studied. The differential response of flooding under clear and turbid water with different nutrient application schedules was also examined during and after 12 days of complete submergence. Submergence substantially reduced allometric parameters and the activities of antioxidant enzymes but increased the % change in chlorophyll, soluble sugars and malondialdehyde (MDA) across cultivars with drastic effects on IR‐20. Turbid water resulted in higher leaf senescence, lodging, higher depletion of chlorophyll and soluble sugars because of poor light transmission. Pre‐submergence N application resulted in higher lodging, leaf senescence and higher MDA level but depletion of chlorophyll and NSC leading to higher % change over prior to submergence. Basal P application reduced the senescence and lodging, whereas increased the antioxidant enzyme activities. Foliar spray of post‐submergence N with basal P improved the retention and regain of chlorophyll, soluble sugar and increased the dry matter, leaf area and root shoot ratio. Crop establishment could therefore be enhanced in areas where untimely flooding is anticipated by applying basal P and foliar spray of urea after desubmergence.     

Modelling dimensional growth of three street tree species in the urban forest of the City of Tshwane,South Africa

Tree height, crown height, crown diameter and stem diameter were measured for 282 trees of the indigenous species Combretum erythrophyllum, Searsia lancea and S. pendulina. Growth relationships were modelled using age as explanatory variable for stem diameter and subsequently stem diameter as explanatory variable for tree height, crown height and crown diameter. Coefficients are presented for predicting tree dimensions using a logarithmic function. There were strong correlations for stem diameter and age (r ² ≥ 0.75), and crown diameter and stem diameter (r ² ≥ 0.74) for all three of the species investigated. Correlations were weaker for tree height and stem diameter (r ² ≥ 0.63), and crown height and stem diameter (r ² ≥ 0.60) for S. pendulina but stronger for both C. erythrophyllum (r ² ≥ 0.83) and S. lancea (r ² ≥ 0.70) in both instances. The results can be used in forecasting the physical dimensions of these species as a function of time. The results could also be used in the process of modelling energy use reduction, air pollution uptake, rainfall interception, carbon sequestration and microclimate modification of urban forests such as those found in the City of Tshwane.     

Allometric relationship for estimating above-ground biomass of Aegialitis rotundifolia Roxb. of Sundarbans mangrove forest, in Bangladesh

Tree biomass plays a key role in sustainable management by providing different aspects of ecosystem. Estimation of above ground biomass by non-destructive means requires the development of allometric equations. Most researchers used DBH (diameter at breast height) and TH (total height) to develop allometric equation for a tree. Very few species-specific allometric equations are currently available for shrubs to estimate of biomass from measured plant attributes. Therefore, we used some of readily measurable variables to develop allometric equations such as girth at collar-height (GCH) and height of girth measuring point (GMH) with total height (TH) for A. rotundifolia, a mangrove species of Sundarbans of Bangladesh, as it is too dwarf to take DBH and too irregular in base to take Girth at a fixed height. Linear, non-linear and logarithmic regression techniques were tried to determine the best regression model to estimate the above-ground biomass of stem, branch and leaf. A total of 186 regression equations were generated from the combination of independent variables. Best fit regression equations were determined by examining co-efficient of determination (R2), co-efficient of variation (CV), mean-square of the error (MSerror), residual mean error (Rsme), and F-value. Multiple linear regression models showed more efficient over other types of regression equation. The performance of regression equations was increased by inclusion of GMH as an independent variable along with total height and GCH.     

平贝母无性系构件的结构及其生长规律

为分析平贝母无性系结构及生长规律,采用大样本随机采样法,挖取长白山区栽培的平贝母单个无性系植株,调查和测定其无性系构件的组成及数量指标。结果表明,在平贝母果期,平贝母无性系构件由鳞茎、子鳞茎、茎、叶和果实组成。构件关系中,茎粗、地上生物量(鲜、干质量)与株高之间,茎粗与鳞茎生物量(鲜、干质量)、鳞茎直径之间,鳞茎生物量(鲜、干质量)与鳞茎直径之间均呈幂函数正相关(P<0.01),R2分别为0.492 1、0.756 9、0.454,0.544 5、0.362 6、0.521,0.673 5、0.453 8。叶长与叶宽之间呈指数函数的正相关(P<0.01),R2为0.453 5。表明茎粗、地上生物量与株高间、鳞茎生物量与鳞茎直径之间均为幂函数异速生长规律,而叶长与叶宽之间则呈指数函数异速的生长规律。     

油松当年生小枝异速生长规律研究

通过标准化主轴估计分析了10余年生油松一级枝、二级枝、三级枝的当年生小枝的异速生长规律,包括当年生小枝的节间生物量-节间长度、节间生物量-针叶生物量、节间截面积-节间生物量、节间截面积-针叶生物量两两相关关系,进而剖析了油松当年生小枝的生物量分配方式、传输模式和形态结构关系,并通过独立样本进行检验。结果表明,异速生长关系的相关关系均非常显著,观测值和预估值之间的相关系数除了节间截面积和针叶生物量外均大于0.85,说明上述异速生长关系的相关关系非常显著;一级枝、二级枝、三级枝的SMA斜率没有明显差异,说明不同级别的枝的异速生长关系是相同的;小枝生物量和叶生物量的权度关系明显小于1;叶生物量和小枝截面积的权度关系接近于1,说明二者为等速生长。